From coast to coast

Hi, everyone

We are now in Daytona Beach, Florida for the Daytona 24 Hours race (Linda, Jerry, Larry, Patti, I'm about to call you!) because Stefan is driving in it. He'll be racing for the Ganassi team but I'm not sure who his teammates are... I'll try to update that information as soon as I ask him.

Unfortunately, the kids and I will not be there for the actual race because (I know it will sound odd) Clara has a birthday party that is (seemingly) the equivalent to the social event of the season for the little girls her age. And given that we just moved and she needs to make more friends, we decided it was most important that she gets to go.

Which will bring me to the very uncomfortable position of having to fly with the kids by myself. Bad enough I already flew over here trying to conquer my airplane-phobia, I now have to fly back completely straight because of the kids. Jeeezzz....

On Stefan (dad): He is having the best time re-doing the house although he hates living "under construction". The house is constantly dusty, so some days there's a lot of coughing going on, but our office is finally set-up so he has a place to reside... for those of you who know him well you can imagine the depth of his happiness...!

I hope to someday have him write in this blog (doubt it) and update everyone a lot more than I can, mostly because I feel funny speaking for him... Should I threaten to write horrible things on his behalf?? hee hee

Oh! Almost forgot: Kelly went back to stay with her mom because she was missing her friends too much.... ...Christmas was great except we missed Kelly so much... ...we spent New Year's
at our friend Donnie and Donna's house... ...almost all the floors are done at our house... ...the roof started leaking here and there after the bad California rains... ...we watched in disbelief the news about the Tsunami... Bala's (Stefan Jr.) birthday was good, but his official party will be in the next few months because Christmas can really steal the thunder from a December 23rd birthday... ...more updates to come later...